My Home
Cambridge Dictionary: noun Home Someone’s or something’s place of origin, or the place where a person feels they belong.
When I think of home I think of my safe, comfy place. A place where I can relax, veg-out, and be me. My husband is there, and he is what makes my home special. We’ve been married over 53 years. He brings me comfort, safety and is always an encouragement (and he cleans the toilets…like the best husband ever…right?). Then there is the golden doodle that makes us laugh even when we are crabby. And that is what makes my house a home.
But there is still a restlessness, it’s a spiritual restlessness. There is a song that resonated with me from the first time I heard it. The chorus is:
All I know is I’m not home yet
This is not where I belong
Take this world and give me Jesus
This is not where I belong *
The French philosopher Pierre Tielhard de Chardin once said “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” This I think explains song lyrics like the ones above; explains why people are always searching for meaning; and explains deep desires that can only be filled by a relationship with Christ.
Those of us who have chosen Christ and who are children of God have dual citizenship. I think it’s kind of awesome to know I am home here and when I leave this world, I will be home too. But that time I will be home for eternity.
- Lyrics by Building 429
“For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Corinthians 5:1